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Elizabeth Byma

Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD Michigan State University 2010
  • MSN Grand Valley State University 2004
  • BSN Hope College 1990

Professional Experience

  • Associate Professor of Nursing, ÃÛÌÒapp January 2024 - present
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing, ÃÛÌÒapp September 2019 - January 2024
  • Assistant Professor of Nursing, ÃÛÌÒapp September 2011 – August 2018
  • Clinical Nurse Educator, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, Grand Rapids MI 2018 – 2019
  • Staff Nurse, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids MI 2004 – 2006
  • Patient Educator, Georgetown Physician, Hudsonville MI 1998 – 2001
  • Staff Nurse, Lakeshore Otolaryngology, Holland MI 1996 – 1998
  • Staff Nurse, Zeeland Community Hospital, Zeeland MI 1995 – 1998
  • Staff Nurse, United States Navy 1990 – 1994

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Member, Curriculum Committee, Nursing Department 2016-Present
  • Member, Evaluation Committee, Nursing Department 2015-2016
  • Member, Scholarship Committee, Science Division 2015-Present,
    • Chairperson August 2021-Present
  • Member, Student Development Committee, Nursing Department 2014-2015
  • Member, Institutional Review Board, ÃÛÌÒapp College 2012-Present
    • Chairperson (2013-2016) (Spring, 2021)
  • Member, Faculty Development Committee, Nursing Department2011-2014; 2016-2017 

Professional Services

  • Peer reviewer for Pain Management Nursing 2021
  • Peer reviewer for Western Journal of Nursing Research 2015
  • Peer reviewer for Sage Open Medicine2015
  • Executive Board, Kappa Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society2012 - present
    • Student Advisor: 2012-2013
  • Vice-President for ÃÛÌÒapp: 2013-2017
  • Member, Research Committee, Kappa Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society 2011 - present
    • Chairperson 2020-Present

Research

  • ÃÛÌÒapp, McGregor Fellowship, Project Title: Using Arts & Humanities to Enhance Baccalaureate Nursing Education. Awarded 3/2021 (Student wages)
  • ÃÛÌÒapp College Department of Nursing, Marion Peterson Fund. Project Title: The Lived Experience of Newly Graduated Registered Nurses as a Manager of Pain: Transition from Student to Professional Role.  Awarded 9/2015 ($539.00).
  • Kappa Epsilon Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International. Project Title: The Lived Experience of Newly Graduated Registered Nurses as a Manager of Pain: Transition from Student to Professional Role.   Awarded 10/2015 ($740.00).
  • ÃÛÌÒapp College, Diekema Fellow (ÃÛÌÒapp Research Fellowship). Project Title: The Lived Experience of Newly Graduated Registered Nurses as a Manager of Pain: Transition from Student to Professional Role. Awarded 11/15/2013 for Academic Year 2014-2015.
  • National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research, Individual Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award, Grant 1F31NR011523-01A1. Project Title: Pain and Pain Management in a Medicaid Waiver Program. Awarded 8/16/2010 to 12/30/2010. 

Fellowships

  • University Enrichment Fellowship, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan2006 – 2010
  • Margaret Walther Program for Cancer Care Research Pre-doctoral Fellowship through the Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group, Indianapolis, IN 2007 – 2009
  • State of Michigan Nurse Corps Scholarship 2009 -2010

Professional Services

  • Sigma Theta Tau, Honor Society of Nursing, Kappa Epsilon-At-Large Chapter Midwest Nursing Research Society  2013 - present